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Notice And Request For Comment.

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This notice sets forth a request for input from private businesses, trade associations, academia, labor organizations, non-governmental organizations, and other interested parties regarding foreign or domestic policies or conditions that impede U.S. environmental technology exports to China, with emphasis on those pertaining to water management. This may include, but is not limited to, the development of Chinese environmental regulations, licensing procedures, technical standards, and laws, or issues pertaining to their enforcement, that create barriers to trade. Comments may also propose approaches intended to strengthen the U.S.-China trade relationship in this sector. This input will be used to guide the Environment Working Group of the U.S.-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) in its formulation of a U.S.-China Environmental Industries Forum conference agenda, the development of related projects, and to outline trade issues to be addressed within the framework of the JCCT.

Background: The biennial U.S.-China Environmental Industries Forum was created by the JCCT Environment Working Group co-chairing agencies (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Commerce, and Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection) to encourage dialogue between representatives from the U.S. and Chinese governments and their respective environmental industries on a variety of environmental technology, trade, and policy issues. These discussions intend to enhance cooperation in environmental protection and increase bilateral trade in products and services related to the environmental sector. The Second EIF will focus on water/wastewater management issues and related technologies.